Presplitting and Collapsing Part of an Old Underground Room and Pillar Mine

- Organization:
- International Society of Explosives Engineers
- Pages:
- 8
- File Size:
- 268 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1997
Abstract
Lone Star Industries, Inc. in Cape Girardeau, Missouri operates an open pit mine to produce limestone for its portland cement manufacturing plant. The present mining method, for safety and legal reasons, requires a set back from the property line, a berm, sloped overburden, and vertical rock walls with catch benches.
Citation
APA:
(1997) Presplitting and Collapsing Part of an Old Underground Room and Pillar MineMLA: Presplitting and Collapsing Part of an Old Underground Room and Pillar Mine. International Society of Explosives Engineers, 1997.